Faucet.



No. H5522. 'Patented ne. 9, 1902.

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FAUCET.

(Appiimion mea Feb. 2e, 19022 (Ilo Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH STRETCH AND J AMES lE. OROSSLEY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

FAucsT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,622, dated December 9, 1902- Application filed February 26, 1902. Serial No. 95,700. (No model.)

To @ZZ .whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH STRETCH and JAMES E. OROssLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in faucets; and the main object of our invention is the provision of a simple, durable, and inexpensive construction of faucet, as will appear in the following description thereof.

To attain this end, our invention consists of a` faucet embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the entire construction. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the stopper or plug.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of the faucet, which is provided with the eXteriorly-screw-threaded and shouldered end B for attachment to the water-supply. The outer end O is at substantially right angles to the body and is provided with the interior screw-thread, in which is adapted to it the detachable seat and core-sleeve D, provided With the central opening or channel E and the lower socket F, which is provided with the depressed annular ring Gr at its top. This sleeve is also provided with the inclined slot or opening I-I, the purpose of which will appear later. Mounted slidably in the socket of the sleeve is the core or water-passage J, which is provided with the annular ring-or projection K to correspond with the annular ring of the sleeve. Formed integral with this core and projecting upward through the opening of the sleeve is a stem L, which has mounted thereon the hard-rubber or aluminium plug or valve M, provided with the globu lar upper end N and the lower grooved end O, this plug being adapted to control the exit of the waterthrough the central opening of the sleeve. In order to hold the plug upon vided in one side of the core is a screwthreaded socket R, in which is adapted to be secured the handle S, which is guided in its movements as the same is pushed from one side to the other by means of the inclined slot of the sleeve.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is evident that we provide a faucet which is thoroughly ellicient and practical in construction and operation, and as we have described the con- K struction thereof and in order to have it more thoroughly understood we will proceed to describe the operation.

When the faucet is closed, it assumes a pothereto.

It will thus be seen that in this construction of faucet noY packing is used, that only one opening is necessary, that the only part of the faucet which will be subjected to great wear is the hard-rubber plug or valve, that a new one of these practically produces a new faucet, and that the parts of the faucet cannot get loose or rattle, as the parts fit so snugly together.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a faucet, the combination of a body having an internal screw-threaded exit, a detachable sleeve having a reduced threaded upper end adapted to engage the screw-threads of the exit and provided with a central channel having a valve-seat in its upper end, said sleeve being further provided with an enlarged socket having a depressed annular ring in its upper end and an inclined slot through one wall thereof, a core having an inwardlyinclined upper edge rotatably mounted in the socket of the sleeve and provided with a crosspiece over its upper end, a stem carried by the cross-piece and extending upward through the channel of the reduced portion, a valve IOO mounted on said stem and having a serrated In testimony whereof We affix our signa; elongated end mounted in said channel, an tures in presence of two Witnesses.

enlarged globulai: upper end which is adapted to normally seat upon the valve-seat in the I upper` end of the sleeve, and a stem carrying I a knob entering the slot of the sleeve and en- Witnesses:

gaging the core and adapted to be moved in OHSAS. L. MEDENBACH,

the slot to raise o1' lower the core. N. A. MEDENBACH. 

